Summary: W0738 When the "walls" are built there is a tendency to relax. Notice how Nehemiah prepared for this. Nehe 7:3 (NKJV) And I said to them, "Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand [guard], let them shut and bar the doors; and appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, one at his watch station and another in front of his own house." He made provision for the opening and closing of the gates and set guidelines for who had watch duty. In other words when the walls were completed the people didnt simply relax with a job well done, they made provision for counter-attack because they knew their enemy. They knew attack would come. But he also prepared them spiritually by the reading of God's word, which brought about revival.
